Fungal control of pathogenic fungi isolated from wild plants in Taif Governorate, Saudia Arabia.
Twenty two plants were collected from Taif Governorate and identified as: Euphorbia glomerifera, Juniperus procera, Launaea mucronata, Capparis dcidua, Punica granatum, Opuntia ficus, Prunus persica, Eucalyptus globulus, Medicago sativa, Artemisia monosperma, Trichodesma calathiforme, Artemisia judaica, Foeniculum vulgare, Phagnalon sinaicum, Rumex dentatus, Asphodelus aestives, Pulicaria crispa, Launae sonchoides, Forsskaolea tenacissima, Arnebia hispidissima, Avena spp and Aerva lanata. Pathogenic fungi were isolated from some of these plants and identified as Alternaria alternate, Ulocladium botrytis, Cladosporium spp, Cephalosporium spp, Penicillium chrysogenum, Fusarium oxysporum and Humicola grisea. Four antagonistic isolates were tested, 2 from Gliocladium fungus and 2 from Trichoderma fungus. We found that all the four antagonistic isolates (G. deliquescens, G. virens, T. viride and T. hamatum) significantly inhibited the radial growth of the pathogenic fungi tested, with different ratios. The results indicated that the antibiotics produced by the antagonists were more effective than the fungus itself and differ with different fungi. Coating plant stems with antagonists or with antagonist extracts reduce the severity of the disease but not prevent it in all tested pathogens.
Abou-Zeid
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Biology department, Faculty of Science, Taif University, Saudi Arabia. P.B. abouzeid_alaa@hotmail.com
Altalhi
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Abd El-Fattah
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D000898:Antibiosis; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006999:Hypocreales / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D014242:Trichoderma / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism